Stefan Djokic

Previously, the team behind one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, OKEx, announced that they would be suspending all Ontology (ONT) depositing and withdrawal services. The reason behind the sudden suspension was the mainnet upgrade of ONT.

Yesterday, September 30th, they announced that they would be resuming ONT depositing and withdrawal services, since the mainnet upgrade was complete, and network stable in operation.

The team behind one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, KuCoin, announced yesterday, September 30th, that they would be introducing a new token to their platform: Docademic (MTC).

MTC is going to be paired up against both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Buying began yesterday, at 17:30 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8). Selling was available half an hour later, meaning at 18:00 (HKT, GMT+8). Withdrawals were open at 20:00 (HKT, GMT+8).

The Chinese have found a new way to battle the cryptocurrency ban and provoke the regulator: It has been reported that, recently, a brand-new hotel opened its doors in China. What appears to be so interesting about it is, first and foremost, its name: the Ethereum Hotel. At the reception, there is a huge Bitcoin-art wall, which might hint at the fact that they accept payment in Bitcoin as well.

Chinese media reported:

Ethereum Hotel, China’s first hotel that accepts $ETH as payment, is ready to open their business in National Scenic Area of Four Girls Mountain (Sichuan Province).

The team behind Monero (XMR) has reportedly announced that they would be launching a website where users will be able to educate themselves on how to clean up crypto-jacking malware.

The director of the Malware Response Workgroup, Justin Ehrenhofer, explained: “Attackers like Monero for two reasons: 1) it is private, so they do not need to worry about companies and law enforcement tracing what they do with the Monero after they mine it, and 2) Monero uses a Proof of Work (PoW) algorithm that is CPU and GPU-friendly; thus, the infected machines are competitive. These two components are increasingly distinguishing factors for why attackers choose to mine Monero over other cryptocurrencies.”

The team behind the NEM blockchain technology has announced today, October 1st, that they had successfully established a partnership with Liven – a reward-based dining payment app based in Melbourne, Australia.

Recently, Liven has introduced their very own token LivenCoin (LVN), which is accepted at over 1000 restaurants, giving customers the opportunity to pay for their dinner in cryptocurrency.

Justin Sun, the popular founder of the Tron Foundation, has announced just now, September 28th, that OEX.com had completed the Tron mainnet upgrade. Therefore, mainnet TRX token is going to be listed on their platform soon.

TRX mainnet tokens are going to be officially available to trade, deposit and withdraw on the OEX.com platform starting tomorrow, September 29th, at 10:00AM (Singapore Time, GMT+8).

The team behind TradeSatoshi, one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges currently, has announced just now, September 28th, that they would be introducing a new cryptocurrency to their platform: Sprouts Classic (SPRTSC).

Users are allowed to begin trading immediately. Sprouts Classic is going to be paired up against a number of cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE) and Tether (USDT).

The team behind Coindirect, one of Africa’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced today, September 28th, that their platform was successfully integrated by CoinGecko.

CoinGecko, a cryptocurrency valuation and ranking platform, added Coindirect to its list of top cryptocurrency exchanges.

Users will from now on get an insight into Coindirect’s fees, personal addresses, 24-hour, 7-day, 14-day and 30-day exchange trading volume, trading pairs and their price, accepted payment methods, charts and more.

The team behind one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, Huobi Global, has announced today, September 28th, that they would be introducing a new cryptocurrency to their platform: Ardor (ARDR) today, at 16:00 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8).

ARDR is going to be paired up against both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Trading will go live the next day, September 29th, at 16:00 (HKT, GMT+8). Withdrawals will be available an hour later, meaning at 17:00 (HKT, GMT+8).

The team behind Cryptohopper, a cryptocurrency trading bot that trades for users based on their technical indicators, has announced just now, September 28th, that they successfully implemented an integration of the TradingView Screener in the form of a signaller.

To use it, users only need to subscribe to the signaller the same way they would subscribe to any other signal. It is completely free.

BCoin.sg has reportedly been awarded A Grade Rating by Institute of Blockchain Singapore (IBS). And today, September 28th, they are pleased to announce that they introduced a new token to their platform: Aston (ATX).

Trading ATX is going to be available to BCoin users starting today, at 7:00PM (GMT+9). The BCoin team stated that, upon successful registration, users are going to receive 200 ATX (worth $4) three days after the campaign ends.

India’s first Bitcoin company and cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay has announced just now, September 28th, that they would stop operating as an exchange.

[…]However, the recent past has been extremely difficult. The curb on bank accounts has crippled our, and our customer’s, ability to transact business meaningfully. At this point, we are unable to find a reasonable way to conduct the cryptocurrency exchange business.

The Zebpay team added that the wallet would still be available once the exchange shuts down today, at 16:00. All crypto-to-crypto orders will be cancelled, and the tokens will be credited to users’ wallets.

The team behind one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, Coinbase, has announced today, September 28th, that they would start allowing UK customers to deposit and withdraw their Pound sterling (GBP) funds on Coinbase, Coinbase Pro and Coinbase Prime.

The Coinbase team also noted that UK users should make sure that their country is set to UK in the settings, in case they don’t see their GBP wallet.

The team behind a cryptocurrency exchange that is rapidly growing in popularity, TradeSatoshi, has announced just now, September 28th, that they would be introducing a brand-new token to their platform: KUBOS (KUBOS).

Users are allowed to begin trading KUBOS immediately. It is paired up against a number of cryptocurrencies: Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Tether (USDT) and Dogecoin (DOGE).

One of the main problems when it comes to cryptocurrency payments is the time in which transfers are confirmed, and it usually takes between 5 and 20 minutes. Everyday payments would, therefore, cause complications.

The team behind Light Pay Coin (LPC) has decided to change that by operating with the PoS/MN technology to eliminate the node confirmation time. The token also works with the Central University of Florida (UCF) to perfect the contactless payment.

The project currently operates in 8 countries: the Philippines, South Korea, Croatia, Turkey, the US, Ukraine, Poland and India.

Erik Voorhees, the CEO at ShapeShift, announced yesterday, September 27th, that ShapeShift would be launching CoinCap.

As he stated, CoinCap is going to be a reliable real-time crypto market data platform. It is going to have over 1200 digital assets and more than 5 exchanges listed. CoinCap will also include market volume metrics, new comprehensive API, TradingView charts and more.

The team behind a cryptocurrency exchange which is rapidly growing in popularity, TradeSatoshi, has announced just now that the exchange would be going under maintenance today, September 28th, at an undisclosed time.

The maintenance is allegedly going to last only half an hour. Users may not be able to access the platform during the maintenance.

The TradeSatoshi apologises team to their users for any potentially caused inconveniences.

Yesterday, September 27th, the team behind one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the world announced that they would be introducing a brand-new trading pair to their platform – the one that everyone has been waiting for.

In 5 days, October 3rd, Bittrex will be launching a US Dollar market for Bitcoin Cash. Eligible accounts created earlier than September 4th are allegedly already enabled for USD trading.

The team behind Omnitude was pleased to announce today, September 27th, that their native token ECOM was listed on LATOKEN, a rapidly growing cryptocurrency exchange focusing on liquidity for new tokens.

As the Omnitude team reported, users are allowed to begin depositing their ECOM tokens immediately. On the other hand, trading is going to be officially available to users starting from tomorrow, September 28th.

The team behind UChain has announced just now, September 27th, that their native token UCN would be listed on IDAX cryptocurrency exchange. UCN is going to be paired up against ETH and USDT.

Deposits are going to be available to users starting from tomorrow, September 27th, at 18:00 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8). Trading, on the other hand, is going to officially open the next day, September 29th, at 16:00 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8).

Aave is the parent company of ETHLend which specializes in the development of decentralized and hybrid blockchain applications. Today, September 27th, the team has announced the official launch of Aave Venture.

Aave Venture’s primary goal is to help projects raise capital through ICOs, in addition to multiple support services, including talent recruitment and mentorship. Their first investment is in Delta Exchange that offers futures contracts on XRP and BTC.

Startups can connect to Aave’s LEND token economy to accelerate user acquisition within the company’s network of early adopters. By joining this ecosystem, startups can ensure their market entry gets the support it should.

The team behind Lambda is reportedly using bounty.global to host a bounty to sell its public sale allocations. Users who are interested to invest in LAMB can do bounty tasks to earn points and buy LAMB at $0.01.

A total of 150,000,000 LAMB Points is going to be rewarded to potential investors, as the Lambda team claims. The discount will last starting from today, September 27th, until October 2nd.

ONTO is a comprehensive decentralized client product and an entrance to the Ontology blockchain system. ONTO allows you to build your own digital identity, store digital assets, and more, all with privacy protection ensured by cryptographic algorithms.

The team behind Ontology has announced today, September 27th, that their native decentralised application ONTO was available in iOS app store. They notified users who are using the enterprise version from the ONTO website that they should back up their ONT ID and wallets, and update to the official version. The enterprise version will be unusable from October 25th.

Due to the fact that Ontology (ONT) will be carrying out a mainnet update that’s starting today, September 27th, at 17:00 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8), OKEx has announced just now that they would be suspending all ONT depositing and withdrawals until the upgrade is complete.

OKEx ensures their users that all deposits made during the upgrade will be automatically credited to their accounts afterwards.

The team behind the exchange apologises for any potentially caused inconveniences.

The long-awaited launch is finally going live: The team behind Cryptology Exchange has announced just now, September 27th, that they would be introducing Stellar (XLM) to their platform today, at 16:00 (GMT+8).

Trading, deposits and withdrawals are going to be available to users at the same time. XLM is going to be paired up against BTC, USD and EUR.

After having announced that an issue was found within the Electroneum (ETN) wallet, KuCoin decided to further extend the wallet maintenance period, apologising to their users for any potentially caused inconveniences.

Today, September 27th, the team behind one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world stated that the upgrade of the ETN wallet was completed and working normally. Therefore, ETN deposits and withdrawals are once again available on their platform.

Recently, rumours have surfaced that many of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world have been faking their trading volumes by adding absurd amounts. Today, one of the accused ones, OKEx, has decided to respond.

The OKEx team has stated: “NO. OKEx is not engaged in any kind of wash trading or volume-faking activities, directly nor indirectly.”

They alleged that they NEVER trade with our users. OKEx merely acts as a platform to match buyers and sellers as well as a derivatives trading services provider for all. This is the bottom line we will never cross.

The team behind Mithril, a decentralized social media platform that rewards all content creators, has announced just now, September 27th, that they had established a partnership with Formosa Financial.

Optimistic about the development of digital asset management services, Jeffrey Huang, the founder of Mithril, decided to collaborate with Formosa Financial, a one-stop digital asset management platform, to drive digital economy forward.

Our team built Trust with one vision in mind: to make crypto accessible for everyone. We want to simplify access to funds, make the process secure for our users, and help build the crypto ecosystem.

Today, September 27th, the team behind Trust Wallet, a secure Ethereum and ERC-20 mobile wallet and DApp browser, has announced that they would be introducing two major cryptocurrencies to their platform: VeChain (VET) and Wanchain (WAN).

The team behind Huobi Global, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has announced just now that they would be introducing a brand-new trading pair to their platform. Many have been waiting for this trading pair to launch, and now, it is finally going to go live.

Today, September 27th, the team behind Mithril, a social media decentralised platform that rewards all content creators, has announced that they successfully established a partnership with Simple Swap – a platform that provides users with simple and secure token exchange services.

We firmly believe that collaborating with SimpleSwap will effectively enhance MITH circulation on the market while providing a secure and convenient option for users to obtain MITH.

It has been reported that Swiss startup SEBA Crypto AG is set to launch a bank that offers cryptocurrency services to investors and firms, while extending the traditional banking system to companies in the new industry. They have allegedly raised 100 million Swiss Francs ($103 million) to make this happen.

The CEO Guido Buehler and the chairman Andreas Amschwand, former UBS managers, stated that they are currently in the process of getting a banking and securities dealer license to manage cryptocurrency trading and investments.

L’Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the French financial markets regulatory body, has reportedly expanded its list of fraudulent cryptocurrency businesses. There are 21 new websites on the list, most of which attempted to trick French investors into participating in token sales, mining projects and digital assets trading.

Reportedly, none of these businesses have a permission to operate in the sector. The AMF states that the list is updated regularly, but new actors appear all the time.

The LeadRex team has anounced today, September 26th, that they had successfully established a partnership with Decenturion Startup Accelerator to increase their customer base before their official launch takes place.

The additional LDXD token is allegedly going to be allocated for the integration into the economics of Decenturion Startup Accelerator. LDXD will not be available on exchanges; only for the citizens of the ecosystem Decenturion. Holders will have certain benefits on the LeadRex platform.

The team behind one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, KuCoin, has announced today, September 26th, that they would be supporting the Aion (AION) mainnet token swap, and they will help all AION holders on KuCoin to complete the process.

All information related to the token swap is going to be announced at a later point. The KuCoin team suggests that all AION holders deposit their tokens on the exchange, as they will complete the process for them automatically.

Previously, the team behind one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, KuCoin, announced that the Electroneum (ETN) wallet would be going under maintenance.

Today, September 26th, the KuCoin team published an update on the maintenance, stating that, unfortunately, a problem had been detected with the wallet. Therefore, the maintenance is going to be extended until the issue is resolved.

The team behind Arkratos, an end-to-end blockchain service lab based in Singapore, has announced today, September 26th, that they would be integrating their platform with Bancor Protocol to provide continuous liquidity for their trading platform KRATOS.

By integrating with the Bancor Protocol, KRATOS™ (TOS) token holders will gain access to continuous liquidity through the Bancor network, where any registered token can be automatically converted to any other token directly from the Bancor Wallet.

Users will be capable of purchasing and selling TOS tokens directly from the Bancor wallet.

The team behind one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges based in Malta, OKEx, has announced just now, September 26th, that they would be resuming the withdrawal of NEM (XEM) at 16:00 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8). Initially, the withdrawals were halted due to the XEM wallet upgrade. Smooth operations are now ensured.

The OKEx team apologises to their users for any potentially caused inconveniences and thanks them for the ongoing support.

The team behind Satowallet, a leading iOS, Android and PC cryptocurrency multi-wallet and exchange app with auto coin swapping, staking, trading and other, has announced just now, September 26th, that they would be disabling three digital assets due to an update.

The disabled cryptocurrencies are Digibyte (DGB), Bitcore (BTX) and Electra (ECA). Further details, such as when the update would be done with, have not been disclosed.

As the team behind the BridgeX Network reported, HARA is allegedly going to utilize all of BridgeX Network’s services – credit, crypto-to-fiat conversions and cross-border payments. The partnership is supposed to ensure stakeholders a decentralised data exchange that provides safe transactions between borrowers and lenders through integrated systems.

The team behind weBloc has decided to remind their users today, September 26th, that the long-awaited presale of their token is about to begin. The presale is scheduled for October 1st, at 09:00AM (UTC+9, Korean Time). It is going to last for 10 days, meaning that it ends on October 10th, at 07:00PM (UTC+9).

weBloc will establish a corporation in Jeju Island in South Korea officially as the first blockchain project in the world, launching its TGE (Token Generation Event) with ICX only.

The team behind Switcheo has announced just now, September 26th, that they would be introducing Open Platform (OPEN) to their platform as soon as the Callisto update takes place.

The brand-new listing is allegedly going to allow users to trade OPEN against ETH on Switcheo’s Ethereum DEX.

Switcheo Network continues to focus on an intuitive trading experience with minimal fees without compromising the benefits of having complete control and custody of users’ funds at all times through a trustless and decentralised trading environment.

Many have been talking about the possibility of Ethereum futures’ existence – and this week, it would appear that the possibility is taking a step closer to becoming reality. Reportedly, cryptocurrency trading platform LedgerX is about to drop its Ethereum futures products.

Sources familiar with the matter stated that the platform already has a product that is ready to go live. LedgerX is currently waiting for the approval from the Commodities Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC). The product might launch after a meeting scheduled for October 5th.